Clark blinks at him, and then makes a sheepish face. "I guess we ended up on the news, didn't we?"
"The unexpected reappearance of Superman, alive and well?" Bruce says, very dry. "Yes, Clark, you ended up on the news."
That he didn't realize before he did it that Superman's resurrection would be an international news event is so... Clark.
"Sorry," Clark says, and Bruce can see him now, ten feet away, hand on the turn knob of the lamp he's just switched on. He smiles in a quick little flicker, not quite convincing. "Sorry, it was—dark."
Not that Superman couldn't see anyway, surely? Maybe he'd been thinking of Bruce—or maybe he just hadn't wanted to worry about it, to have to concentrate on it, when there were other things they could be doing instead.
Or maybe there's something wrong.
Oh, Clark. Baby. And bless Bruce for picking up on it. It's probably just going to add to Bruce's angst, though.
Bruce has run simulations attempting to determine whether a sufficient quantity of direct sunshine throughout the fight would have kept him alive.
Because of course he did, why would Bruce let sleeping Supermen lie like a normal person when he could poke at the parts that make him feel guilty instead.
And not telling him. I can't say I expected anything different, because Bruce, but...
Re: FILL: as to which may be the true; Bruce/Clark, identity porn (14/?)
"The unexpected reappearance of Superman, alive and well?" Bruce says, very dry. "Yes, Clark, you ended up on the news."
That he didn't realize before he did it that Superman's resurrection would be an international news event is so... Clark.
"Sorry," Clark says, and Bruce can see him now, ten feet away, hand on the turn knob of the lamp he's just switched on. He smiles in a quick little flicker, not quite convincing. "Sorry, it was—dark."
Not that Superman couldn't see anyway, surely? Maybe he'd been thinking of Bruce—or maybe he just hadn't wanted to worry about it, to have to concentrate on it, when there were other things they could be doing instead.
Or maybe there's something wrong.
Oh, Clark. Baby. And bless Bruce for picking up on it. It's probably just going to add to Bruce's angst, though.
Bruce has run simulations attempting to determine whether a sufficient quantity of direct sunshine throughout the fight would have kept him alive.
Because of course he did, why would Bruce let sleeping Supermen lie like a normal person when he could poke at the parts that make him feel guilty instead.
And not telling him. I can't say I expected anything different, because Bruce, but...
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